Clare Moncrief

The New Orleans Shakespeare Festival at Tulane is now preparing for its 26th summer season. The Festival continues to be one of the south's premier producers of Shakespeare's plays.

Having just completed a production of Macbeth that reached over 5000 area middle and high school students in January, the New Orleans Shakespeare Festival at Tulane is now preparing for its 26th summer season. The Festival continues to be one of the south's premier producers of Shakespeare's plays.

The New Orleans Shakespeare Festival at Tulane, New Orleans' professional classical theatre company, will close out its 24th Season with a magical production of Shakespeare's The Tempest.

The New Orleans Shakespeare Festival at Tulane, New Orleans' professional classical theatre company, will close out its 24th Season with a magical production of Shakespeare's The Tempest.

The New Orleans Shakespeare Festival at Tulane, in partnership with Cripple Creek Theatre Company, is bringing Shakespeare out of the theater and on the road with an exciting production of The Taming of the Shrew.

Shakespeare's work was never meant to be an elite form of art. In fact, he wrote for all of London's citizens. To celebrate that, the Festival will open its 24th season to the entire community - even touring one of the mainstage shows to underserved audiences and a prison.

New Orleans' professional classical theatre company will close its 2016 season with Tony Kushner's adaptation of Pierre Corneille's baroque masterpiece L'Illusion Comique. This production features the work of an impressive team of Louisiana-born professional artists - including one of the world's most celebrated playwrights.

New Orleans' professional classical theatre company will close its 2016 season with Tony Kushner's adaptation of Pierre Corneille's baroque masterpiece L'Illusion Comique. This production features the work of an impressive team of Louisiana-born professional artists - including one of the world's most celebrated playwrights.

This year the Crescent City is cast as a lead actor in the global commemorations surrounding the 400th anniversary of the death of the world's most famous playwright. 

GOLDA'S BALCONY performance will go on as scheduled tomorrow, Sunday, January 26 at 3 p.m.

Le Petit Theatre must cancel tonight and tomorrow's performances (Friday, Jan. 24 and Sat. Jan. 25) of Golda's Balcony due to the illness of lead actress Clare Moncrief.

The longest-running one woman show in Broadway history is coming to Le Petit Theatre du Vieux Carre when Golda's Balcony takes the stage from Jan. 24 - Feb. 8.

Tonight's Le Petit Lagniappe performance of Love, Loss and What I Wore is sold out. Tickets are available for performances this Saturday and Sunday as well as next weekend's shows. Tickets may be purchased online at www.lepetittheatre.com , at the theatre's box office or by calling 504-522-2081. Scroll down for a first look at the cast in action!

It is common to associate the most poignant and meaningful events in our lives with what clothes we were wearing at the time--a dress that fit just right or a shirt that seemed to bring good luck. Theatre-goers will be reminded of and entertained by this fashion phenomenon when Le Petit Theatre presents Nora and Delia Ephron's LOVE, LOSS AND WHAT I WORE, opening tonight, July 19 at 8 p.m.

Le Petit Theatre is about to begin a new chapter in its storied history with completion of a magnificent renovation.

It is common to associate the most poignant and meaningful events in our lives with what clothes we were wearing at the time--a dress that fit just right or a shirt that seemed to bring good luck. Theatre-goers will be reminded of and entertained by this fashion phenomenon when Le Petit Theatre presents Nora and Delia Ephron's LOVE, LOSS AND WHAT I WORE, opening Friday, July 19 at 8 p.m.

New Orleans native and Tony Award winner Mary Louise Wilson has joined the cast of Love, Loss and What I Wore at Le Petit Theatre du Vieux Carre opening July 19.

BroadwayWorld brings you the Best of New Orleans in the year 2012. Check out the Top Theatre Stories from each month during in the year 2012. We look forward to another exciting year of theatre in 2013!

Sunday, June 17 was The New Orleans Shakespeare Festival's first matinee performance of William Shakespeare's HAMLET, directed by Clare Moncrief. The show was held in Lupin Theater inside of Dixon Annex on Tulane University's campus.